Since the thin descending limb of the nephron loop is permeable to water, and not very permeable to solutes, the concentration of the filtrate will increase as it reaches the bottom of the loop. Since the thin descending limb of the nephron loop is permeable to water, and not very permeable to solutes, the concentration of the filtrate will increase as it reaches the bottom of the loop. True False

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Elliot Cross

Chemistry

21 August, 08:34

Since the thin descending limb of the nephron loop is permeable to water, and not very permeable to solutes, the concentration of the filtrate will increase as it reaches the bottom of the loop. Since the thin descending limb of the nephron loop is permeable to water, and not very permeable to solutes, the concentration of the filtrate will increase as it reaches the bottom of the loop. True False

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Beatrice Bridges · Answer 1

The correct answer is True.

Explanation:

In the kidney, the handle of Henle is a fork-like tube located in the nephrons. It is the portion of the nephron that leads from the proximal contoured tubule to the distal contoured tubule. The primary filtrate from the glomerulus passes into the proximal contoured tubule, which connects to the descending branch of the loop of Henle, which has low permeability to ions and urea (solutes) but is very permeable to water.

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